Date: 5/7/26 5:09 am From: Ron Clark (via carolinabirds Mailing List) <carolinabirds...> Subject: Re: Faked ebird checklists Watauga Co.
The same is happening in Gaston County. 163 species on two lists.
Ron Clark
On Wed, May 6, 2026 at 8:42 PM Derek Aldrich <carolinabirds...> wrote:
> The NC reviewer can invalidate the checklists. I will forward to them.
>
> On Wed, May 6, 2026 at 8:38 PM Christopher Clack <carolinabirds...>
> wrote:
>
>> Guy,
>> This is ridiculous looks like maybe he added every bird that didn't
>> require a comment. I would Love to get 176 species in 2 and 1/2 hours
>> though 😂
>> Chris Clack
>>
>> On Wed, May 6, 2026, 8:34 PM <badgerboy...> wrote:
>>
>>> Anyone using ebird to plan trips or birding locations should be aware of
>>> some faked data showing up for Watauga County from May 4.
>>>
>>> https://ebird.org/checklist/S333553214 and
>>> https://ebird.org/checklist/S333550153 are pretty bizarre. I already
>>> reported them to Ebird but have no idea whether they actually check
>>> their email or do anything about such stuff. There have also been others
>>> along these lines by the same ebird user.
>>>
>>> Guy (McGrane, Boone NC)
>>>
>>>
